Was at Pep Boys today and the Mgr was a Fiat affecianado. He asked if I knew what fiat stood for in Italian. I didn't so he wrote it down for me.
FABRICA ITALIANA D'AUTOMOBILE DI TORINO
I found it interesting and I thought others out would as well.
FIAT in Italian
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vandor
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Re: FIAT in Italian
Almost. He got one letter wrong, the 'i' at the end of "automobili":
FABRICA ITALIANA D'AUTOMOBILI DI TORINO
This way that word is plural, so factory can make more than one car
FABRICA ITALIANA D'AUTOMOBILI DI TORINO
This way that word is plural, so factory can make more than one car
Csaba
'71 124 Spider, much modified
'17 124 Abarth, silver
http://italiancarclub.com/csaba/
Co-owner of the best dang Fiat parts place in town
'71 124 Spider, much modified
'17 124 Abarth, silver
http://italiancarclub.com/csaba/
Co-owner of the best dang Fiat parts place in town
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wikkid
Re: FIAT in Italian
Cool stuff - I didn't know.
Italian is sometimes funny with plurals. Sometimes it's "i" at the end (mostly for masc. "il" words, such as un libro ---> due libri); for feminine words, such as the word for "car," it would be an "e" at the end: una macchina ---> due macchine.
So it's easy to get confused about that last letter. But Vandor is right: the plural of automobile is automobili.
Now I want to go back to Italy and tour some hill towns!
Italian is sometimes funny with plurals. Sometimes it's "i" at the end (mostly for masc. "il" words, such as un libro ---> due libri); for feminine words, such as the word for "car," it would be an "e" at the end: una macchina ---> due macchine.
So it's easy to get confused about that last letter. But Vandor is right: the plural of automobile is automobili.
Now I want to go back to Italy and tour some hill towns!